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cat⋅a⋅phyll

  [kat-uh-fil]
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–noun Botany.
a simplified leaf form, as a bud scale or a scale on a cotyledon or rhizome.
Origin:
cata- + -phyll

Related forms:
cat⋅a⋅phyl⋅la⋅ry, adjective
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cataphyll

noun
a reduced or scarcely developed leaf at the start of a plant's life (i.e., cotyledons) or in the early stages of leaf development 
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